Early Winter Programs at a Glance

January

9MONDAY | 6:00 | HYBRID PROGRAM Democratic Justice: Felix Frankfurter, the Supreme Court & the Making of the Liberal Establishment Brad Snyder, Georgetown Law

In-person reception begins at 5:30 PM. Free for MHS Members. $10 per person (in person). No charge for virtual or Card to Culture participants.

10 TUESDAY | 5:00 | VIRTUAL SEMINAR “Physicians advise the use of it”: Chinese Tea in Early America Yiyun Huang, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Comment: Rebecca Tannenbaum, Yale University

11 WEDNESDAY | 6:00 | HYBRID PROGRAM

Uniting America: How FDR & Henry Stimson Brought Democrats & Republicans Together to Win World War II Peter Shinkle

In-person reception begins at 5:30 PM. Free for MHS Members. $10 per person (in person). No charge for virtual or Card to Culture participants.

12 THURSDAY | 5:00 | HYBRID SEMINAR

If Wishes Were Sources: Speculation & the Saga of James Bradley, Oberlin’s “First” Black Student John Frederick Bell, Assumption University

Comment: Julie Winch, University of Massachusetts, Boston

18 WEDNESDAY | 6:00 | HYBRID PROGRAM No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston’s Black Workers in the Civil War Era Jacqueline Jones, University of Texas at Austin

In-person reception begins at 5:30 PM. Free for MHS Members. $10 per person (in person). No charge for virtual or Card to Culture participants. The Witchmaster of the Waxhaws: Joshua Gordon’s “Witch Book” Roark Atkinson, Ramapo College of New Jersey; and Douglas Winiarski, University of Richmond

Comment: Kenneth Minkema, Yale University

25 WEDNESDAY | 6:00 | HYBRID PROGRAM MHS Speakers Fund Jessie Little Doe Baird

In-person reception begins at 5:30 PM. Free for MHS Members. $10 per person (in person). No charge for virtual or Card to Culture participants.

26 THURSDAY | 5:00 | VIRTUAL SEMINAR “To make or frame curious Figures in Wax-work”: Nostalgia & the Miniature in 18th-Century Women’s Work Laura Earls, Universtiy of Delaware

Comment: Miriam S. Rich, Dartmouth College

30 MONDAY | 6:00 | VIRTUAL PROGRAM Film Discussion: The Last of the Winthrops Viviane Winthrop

31 TUESDAY | 5:00 | HYBRID SEMINAR The Influence of King Philip’s War on American Political Thought Daniel Mandell, Truman State University

Comment: Owen Stanwood, Boston College

February

2THURSDAY | 5:00 | VIRTUAL EVENT

Difficult Subjects: How to Handle Them? Benjamin Anastas, Bennington College; Linda Hirschman, independent scholar; and Alec Nevala-Lee, biographer

Moderator: Megan Marshall, Emerson College

EARLY WINTER PROGRAMS AT A GLANCE

6TUESDAY | 6:00 | HYBRID PROGRAM Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom Ilyon Woo

In-person reception begins at 5:30 PM. Free for MHS Members. $10 per person (in person). No charge for virtual or Card to Culture participants.

7TUESDAY | 5:00 | HYBRID SEMINAR America’s First Corporate Person: The Bank of the United States, 1789-1812 Jared S. Berkowitz, Brandeis University

Comment: Christine Desan, Harvard Law School

8WEDNESDAY | 6:00 | VIRTUAL PROGRAM Disability & the American Past: Disappeared Disabilities Beth Linker, University of Pennsylvania; Mara Mills, New York University; and Leroy Moore, Krip-Hop Nation

Moderator: Ola Ojewumi, Project ASCEND

13 MONDAY | 6:00 | VIRTUAL PROGRAM Disability & the American Past: Failures in Intersectionality Keith Jones, SoulTouchin’ Experiences; Susan Burch, Middlebury College; and Anita Cameron, Not Dead Yet

Moderator: Octavian Robinson, Gallaudet University

14 TUESDAY | 1:30 | IN-PERSON GALLERY TALK

My Dear Friend Sara Martin, Adams Papers Editor in Chief

16 THURSDAY | 5:00 | HYBRID SEMINAR Living with Climate Change in Northern New England Emma C. Moesswilde, Georgetown University

Comment: Christopher M. Parsons, Northeastern University

20 MONDAY | 9:00 | VIRTUAL WORKSHOP Part 1: Teaching the U.S. Disability Rights Movement

In partnership with Emerging America $25 per educator for all three parts.

21 TUESDAY | 5:00 | HYBRID SEMINAR

“May It Please Her Honor”: The United States’ First Women Judges, 1870-1960 Elizabeth D. Katz, Washington University School of Law

Comment: Virginia Drachman, Tufts University

22 WEDNESDAY | 9:00 | VIRTUAL WORKSHOP

Part 2: Teaching the U.S. Disability Rights Movement

In partnership with Emerging America $25 per educator for all three parts.

23 THURSDAY | 5:00 | VIRTUAL SEMINAR Digital Methods for Understanding Historical Travel Guides: A Case Study of the Methodologies Behind Mapping the Gay Guides Amanda Regan, Clemson University

Comment: Alex Ketchum, McGill University

24 FRIDAY | 9:00 | VIRTUAL WORKSHOP

Part 3: Teaching the U.S. Disability Rights Movement

In partnership with Emerging America $25 per educator for all three parts.

28 TUESDAY | 6:00 | VIRTUAL PROGRAM Disability & the American Past: Intro to Disability Justice Ellice Patterson, Abilities Dance; Jorge Matos Valldejuli, Hostos Community College at the City University of New York; and Britney Wilson, New York Law School

Moderator: Jessica Cowing, The College of Wooster